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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday made it illegal to place AI-generated robocalls to voters in the U.S. The issue came into sharp focus when New Hampshire voters received AI-generated calls in the voice of Joe Biden implying that if they cast a ballot in the state’s primary they couldn’t vote in the general election. The FCC commissioners voted unanimously to make explicit that the 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which already outlaws artificial or prerecorded messages, also covers…

Photo: Michaela Handrek-Rehle/Bloomberg (Getty Images)Meta no longer allows teenagers to receive direct messages from anyone they’re not following on Instagram, or friends with on Facebook, according to a company blog post on Thursday. The policy update aims to create a safer environment for minors on the platform, one week after Meta’s internal documents revealed that roughly 100,000 children are sexually harassed on Facebook and Instagram every single day.Nobody’s Really Watching ReelsNew Mexico’s attorney general sued…

This wasn't precisely what those already frightened by the prospect of robot rule wanted to hear. It only fueled their fears and weighed down their hearts.Talking it up, toning it downRecently, however, Altman -- once again the OpenAI CEO -- seems to have tempered his tone. Even more happily, he seems to be taking steps to ensure not only our survival but also (what's left of) our peace of mind.Why, last week he announced that OpenAI will take steps to make sure that the upcoming US elections won't be interfered with…

John Wick should have his wits about him because he is about to be overtaken by the hit of the year. We all knew that Barbie would be hugely successful at the box office, and the prophesies are now coming true as it already holds the record for the biggest opening weekend this year so far. Now the doll is racing up behind the deadly assassin, probably in her rollerblades. After only being in theatres for four days, Deadline reports that Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster surpassed the $400 million mark on Monday, giving Warner…

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Image via Universal Pictures A superhero movie that fans of the genre would rather forget has somehow snuck its way into Netflix’s top 10 most-watched movies this week, which leaves us thinking that it must have been something of a quiet week for film on the streaming platform. The film in question is the widely reviled Kick-Ass 2, which stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the titular superhero. In fact, it ranked pretty poorly in our list ranking of the actor’s comic book film appearances.  Kick-Ass 2 landed in the…

An enormous carpet of seaweed stretching 5,000 miles (8,047 kilometers) is set to cause problems along the beaches of Florida and Mexico as scientists become increasingly concerned about the impacts of the algae.The "Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt" is a massive bloom of brown algae that stretches from the coast of West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico. It is the largest seaweed bloom in the world – weighing approximately 20 million tons – and is visible from outer space.Seaweed is usually fairly innocuous and has benefits…

Alex Yenni recently endeavored to take his wife and 5-year-old son bowling with another family in Petaluma, Calif., close to their home. The plan quickly went into the gutter.Mr. Yenni, a 42-year-old advertising executive, tried to book online in advance at AMF Boulevard Lanes, where he wanted to reserve two lanes for two hours at 3 p.m. on the last Thursday of the year during winter break. Bowled over…

NBC News has discovered that Pinterest's recommendation algorithms are making it easier for pedophiles to create boards full of images of underage girls. After an initial search, Pinterest will start suggesting related searches that can easily be misused. The images themselves sometimes receive sexual comments. NBC notes that it didn't find child sexual abuse material (CSAM) during its investigation. However, the people creating the creepy boards sometimes had collections containing porn despite Pinterest's ban on that…

Attorney Ken Kumayama and his wife, Hiromi Kumayama, were on a mission to finally buy a house in the San Francisco Bay Area. Serial renters in towns around San Francisco since 2010, they jumped into the market in earnest in 2022 but quickly got outbid on several homes, including one in Atherton that was asking $5 million and ultimately sold for $6.5 million, said Mr. Kumayama, 44. Then over the summer, the market turned in their favor. …